For more information, please contact:
Gwen Osborne, director of public affairs, (312) 906-5251
ADVISORY TO PRODUCERS, COLUMNISTS AND ASSIGNMENT, LEGAL, PLANNING, BUSINESS, AND DAYBOOK EDITORS
CHICAGO--November 21, 2005--Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Stuart Graduate School
of Business and the Center for Financial Markets have experts available to discuss current issues.
To reach any of our experts, call Gwen Osborne, director
of public affairs, at (312) 906-5251. Copies of press releases and earlier advisories are available
on our Web site: http://www.kentlaw.edu/news/advisory.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Solomon Amendment on December 6. The lawsuit was brought by a coalition of 31 law schools, including Chicago-Kent. Enacted in 1996, the Solomon Amendment is a federal law created to guarantee the military equal access to campuses and students. Colleges and universities that bar military recruiters from their campuses in violation of the law face penalties including the loss of federal funds. However, the coalition says hosting the recruiters on campus violates the schools’ anti-discrimination policies because the military excludes openly gay members. The coalition also says the Solomon Amendment imposes on their rights to free speech. Dean Harold J. Krent is available for interviews about the case.
The corruption trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan continues. Ryan faces 22 charges of conspiracy, lying to the FBI, mail fraud, racketeering and tax fraud. Chicago-Kent professors Douglas W. Godfrey and Richard S. Kling are available for interviews. Professor Godfrey is a former prosecutor in the Kings County District Attorney's office; Professor Kling is a criminal defense attorney.
Chicago-Kent’s Immigration Law Clinic is seeking those who need legal assistance with immigration, asylum and nationality matters. The clinic is supervised by Professor Matthew I. Bernstein, whose practice includes advising corporations, nonprofit organizations and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including professionals; aliens of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts and business; individuals seeking immigration benefits for family members; asylees; and individuals threatened with removal from the United States by the government. Professor Bernstein is available for interviews about the Immigration Law Clinic.
Downtown Campus Events:
November 28 and 29: “The Importance of Jewish/Muslim Dialogue,” is the general theme of two public lectures by Dr. Akbar Ahmed, former high commissioner from Pakistan to the United Kingdom and the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University. Dr. Ahmed’s lectures launch a new initiative in Jewish/Muslim relations at Chicago-Kent and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). On Monday, Dr. Ahmed will address the topic “Crossroad for the Abrahmic Faiths” at 4 p.m. in Room 302 of UIC’s Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street in Chicago. On Tuesday, his topic will be “Judaism and Knowledge in the Abrahamic Faiths.” The program will begin at noon in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium on IIT’s Downtown Campus, 565 West Adams St. in Chicago. Both lectures are free and open to the public. RSVPs are required by November 19, 2005, to (312) 413-2500. For assistance or more information, please call (312) 413-2102.
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